Seattle University School of Law is home to an outstanding faculty of committed teacher-scholars. This is a collection of selected scholarship from some of our inspiring thought leaders.
Submissions from 2003
(Racial) Profiles in Courage, or Can We Be Heroes, Too?, Robert S. Chang
Syllabus: Asian Americans and the Law, Robert S. Chang
Teaching Asian Americans and the Law: Struggling with History, Identity, and Politics, Robert S. Chang
The Sojourner’s Truth and Other Stories, Robert S. Chang
Serving Pro Se Patrons: An Obligation and an Opportunity, Kerry Fitz-Gerald
Seasons of Resistance: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Cuba, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Risk Avoidance, Cultural Discrimination, and Environmental Justice for Indigenous Peoples, Catherine O'Neill
“Soldiering on in Hope”: United Nations Peacekeeping in Civil Wars, Anna Roberts
Resisting Medicine/Remodeling Gender, Dean Spade
Policy Choices and Model Acts: Preparing for the Next Public Health Emergency, Ken Wing
Linking Low-Income Washingtonians with Health Care Financing Arrangements, Kenneth R. Wing and Michael G. Gordie
Submissions from 2002
Truth as Right and Remedy in International Human Rights Experience, Thomas Antkowiak
Sight, Sound, and Stereotype: The War on Terrorism and Its Consequences for Latinas/os, Steven W. Bender
Seekin’ the Cause: Social Justice Movements and LatCrit Community, Steven W. Bender and Keith Aoki
Multiculturalism: America's Enduring Challenge, James E. Bond
A State Supreme Court in Transition, James E. Bond and Kelly Kunsch
Closing Essay: Developing a Collective Memory to Imagine a Better Future, Robert S. Chang
After Intersectionality, Robert S. Chang and Jerome Culp
When Interests Diverge, Robert S. Chang and Peter Kwan
Transforming Talks: Public Dialogue About Social Justice in a Post-9-11 Age, Margaret Chon
Developing the Asset Protection Dynamic: A Legacy of Federal Concern, John K. Eason
Institutionalizing Inequality: The WTO Agreement on Agriculture, Food Security, and Developing Countries, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Improving Legal Writing Courses: Perspectives from the Bar and Bench, Constance Krontz and Susan McClellan
The Way We Were and What We “B”, Kelly Kunsch
Hacia un Regimen de Responsabilidad Civil por Dano Ambiental Transfronterizo, Henry McGee and Luz E. Ortiz Nagle
Transboundary Dispute Resolution As a Process and Access to Justice for Private Litigants: Commentaries on Cesare Romano's "The Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes: A Pragmatic Approach", Henry McGee and Timothy W. Woolsey
Designing and Maintaining Law Library Web Sites: Some Practical Considerations, Kent Milunovich
Clarence Thomas the First Ten Years: Looking for Consistency, Mark Niles
On the Hijacking of Airplanes (And Agencies): The FAA, ‘Agency Capture,’ and Airline Security, Mark Niles
LesBiGay Identity as Commodity, David Skover and Kellye Testy
The Legitimacy of Amnesties under International Law and General Principles of Anglo-American Law, Ronald Slye
Undeserving Addicts: SSI/SSD and the Penalties of Poverty, Dean Spade
Regulating Environmental and Safety Hazards of Agricultural Biotechnology for a Sustainable World, George Van Cleve
Submissions from 2001
Law Students' Undergraduate Major: Implications For Law School Academic Support Programs (ASPs) Performance, Bryan Adamson and Mark Graham
Will the Wolf Survive?: Latino/a Pop Music in the Cultural Mainstream, Steven W. Bender
Sentencing Reform in the Other Washington, David Boerner and Roxanne Lieb
Los Angeles as a Single-Cell Organism, Robert S. Chang
Game Theory and Customary International Law: A Response to Professors Goldsmith and Posner, Mark A. Chinen
Placid, Clear-Seeming Words: Some Realism about the New Formalism (With Particular Attention to Promissory Estoppel), Sidney DeLong
Beyond Eco-Imperialism: An Environmental Justice Critique of Free Trade, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Genealogy of a State-Engineered “Model Minority”: “Not Quite/Not White” South Asian Americans, Tayyab Mahmud
I Know that I Taught Them How To Do That, Laurel Oates
Submissions from 2000
Not in Front of the Children: Prohibition on Child Custody as Civil Branding for Criminal Activity, Deborah Ahrens
Silencing Culture and Culturing Silence: A Comparative Experience of Centrifugal Forces in the Ethnic Studies Curriculum, Steven W. Bender
Introduction: Performing LatCrit, Robert S. Chang and Natasha Fuller
A Symposium Tribute to Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.: The Mentor and His Message, Margaret Chon
Erasing Race? A Critical Race Feminist View of Internet Identity Shifting, Margaret Chon
The Marketplace of Ideas in Cyberspace, Margaret Chon
Home From the Islands: Domestic Asset Protection Trust Alternatives Impact Traditional Estate and Gift Tax Planning Considerations, John K. Eason
Substantive Editing Versus Technical Editing: How Law Review Editors Do Their Job, Anne Enquist
Race, Reason and Representation, Tayyab Mahmud
Foreword: Re-Orienting Law and Sexuality, Tayyab Mahmud and Ratna Kapur
Hegemony, Coercion and Teeth Gritting Harmony: A Commentary on Law, Power and Culture in Franco’s Spain, Tayyab Mahmud and Ratna Kapur
Equity and Efficacy in Washington State's GMA Affordable Housing Goal, Henry McGee
Issues in Law Library Acquisitions: An Analysis, Kent Milunovich
Why Should the Prosecutor Get the Last Word?, John B. Mitchell
Ninth Amendment Adjudication: An Alternative To Substantive Due Process Analysis of Personal Autonomy Rights, Mark Niles
Beyond Communication: Writing as a Means of Learning, Laurel Oates
Delaware Corporation Law And Transaction Cost Engineering, Charles O'Kelley
Foreword: The Many Passions Of Teaching Corporations, Charles O'Kelley
Restoration Affecting Native Resources: The Place of Native Ecological Science, Catherine O'Neill
Variable Justice: Environmental Standards, Contaminated Fish, and "Acceptable” Risk to Native Peoples, Catherine O'Neill
First Amendment on Trial-The Libel Lawyer's Perspective, David M. Skover
Confronting the Limits of Gay Hate Crimes Activism: A Radical Critique, Dean Spade and Craig Willse
Health Care Reform in the Year 2000: The View from the Front of the Classroom, Ken Wing
Submissions from 1999
Sailing Through Designing Memo Assignments, Lorraine K. Bannai, Anne Enquist, Judith Maier, and Susan McClellan
Facing History, Facing Ourselves: Eric Yamamoto and the Quest for Justice, Robert S. Chang
Presidential Certifications in U.S. Foreign Policy Legislation, Mark A. Chinen
Introduction: Critical Race Praxis and Legal Scholarship, Margaret Chon
The Effect of Welfare Reform on Immigrant Children, Gillian Dutton
Critiquing and Evaluating Law Students' Writing: Advice from Thirty-Five Experts, Anne Enquist
A History of Writing Advisors at Law Schools: Looking at Our Past, Looking at Our Future, Anne Enquist and Jessie Grearson
Conclusion: Adapting the Seven Principles to Legal Education, Paula Lustbader
Principle 7: Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning, and Conclusion: Adapting the Seven Principles to Legal Education, Paula Lustbader
Colonialism and Modern Constructions of Race: A Preliminary Inquiry, Tayyab Mahmud
Postcolonial Imaginaries: Alternative Development or Alternatives to Development?, Tayyab Mahmud
The Past, Present and Future of Copyright Protection of Soundalike Recordings, Kent Milunovich
Narrative and Client-Centered Representation: What Is A True Believer To Do When His Two Favorite Theories Collide?, John B. Mitchell
Washington's Growth Management Revolution Goes to Court, Richard L. Settle
A Lesbian-centered Critique of Second-parent Adoptions, Julie Shapiro
De Facto Parents and the Unfulfilled Promise of the New ALI Principles, Julie Shapiro
Imperatives, Normativity, and the Law, Gregory Silverman
Apartheid as a Crime Against Humanity: A Submission to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Ronald Slye
Why Isn't This Man Smiling?, John W. Weaver
Submissions from 1998
Castles in the Sand: Balancing Public Custom and Private Ownership Interests on Oregon’s Beaches, Steven W. Bender
Gender Bias in the American Bar Association Journal: Impact on the Legal Profession, Marilyn Berger and Kari A. Robinson
Dreaming in Black and White: Racial-Sexual Policing in The Birth of a Nation, The Cheat, and Who Killed Vincent Chin?, Robert S. Chang
Who's Afraid of Tiger Woods?, Robert S. Chang
Casebooks and Constitutional Competency, David E. Engdahl
Resurrecting the General Utilities Doctrine, Lily Kahng
Standing on the Corner--Trying to Find Our Way, W. H. Knight
The Power of Narrative: Listening to the Initial Client Interview, Raven Lidman
The Guardian Ad Litem in Child Custody Cases: The Contours of Our Judicial System Stretched Beyond Recognition, Raven Lidman and Betsy Hollingsworth
Teach in Context: Responding to Diverse Student Voices Helps All Students Learn, Paula Lustbader
The Dream That Will Not Die: Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Continuing American Revolution, Henry McGee
The P.R.C.'s Negotiable Instruments Law: An Instrument for Facilitating Private Economic Activity or Monetary Control?, Kara Phillips and Amy Sommers
“To Learn and Make Respectable Hereafter:” The Litchfield Law School in Cultural Context, Andrew Siegel
Submissions from 1997
Preface: Law in (Case)books, Law (School) in Action: The Case for Casebook Reviews, Janet Ainsworth